America’s Rare-Earth Solution Is Hiding in Plain Sight

Payne Institute Faculty Fellows Elizabeth Holley, Dorit Hammerling, Rod Eggert, Erik Spiller, Priscilla Nelson, and Karlie Hadden contributed to this article about how the United States has plentiful critical minerals reserves of its own, both in the ground and hiding in plain sight in mine waste, industrial scrap and discarded electronics.  February 6, 2026.